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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-12-09
SUSPECTED OF MURDER.
Wesley Garrett Charged With Beating
His 7-Year-Oid Boy to Death.

Wesley Garrett Charged With Beating
His 7-Year-Oid Boy to Death.
John Bythewood (colored) went before
Justice Warning Russell yesterday morning
and swore out a warrant against Wesley
Garrett, also colored, for murder, charging
him with beating his 7-year-old boy to death.
Officer Mendel went to CARROTS house, in
South Broad street lane, near Houston
street, to arrest him, but he had gone to
Bryan county to bury the child's body. He
inquired of the neighbors the circumstances
of the boys death, and they said it was
from bursting a blood vessel.
Coroner Dixon held an investigation Of
the case because it was a sudden death.
The statement Of Garrett was that the child
came into the house and complained of
being sick. Its complaints annoyed him
for he did not think there was anything
the matter with the boy. He told him to
be quiet and twice threatened to whip him
if he did not, but the child said the back of
his head hurt, and when Garrett felt it he
found that it was very hot.
He was then convinced that his son was
sick and he sent for DIR. Davis, a colored
but the boy died. The Coroner
did not remove the clothing from the body
and cannot say whether there were any
marks upon it, Garrett will be arrested
as seon as he returns, which will probably
be tomorrow
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-12-09
1T WILL TAKE LEGAL STEPS.

The City and Suburban Railway Peo-
pie Give Notice What They Will Do.
The officers of the City and Suburban
railway notified President Smart by letter
yesterday that the company proposed
taking legal steps to maintain its exclusive
rights TO the streets through which the
Rural Resort Railroad Company proposes
to build its tracks The letter did not state
when the legal proceedings will be instituted
to stop the work. but it was simply a notice
that when the old company is ready it will
assert its supposed rights in the premises.
In the meantime the Smart folks are
going on with the work. and yesterday
were at Drayton street with the ties and
stringers for the Bay street line. President
Smart stated last night that a gang of men
will begin work on East Broad street this
morning. and that if not interfered with he
will have cars running from the
Savannah, Florida and Western rail
way depot TO the ocean steamship wharves
by Feb. /. He doesn't like the
possibility of the work being delayed by the
interference of the City and Suburban
Company, but he said that he does not pro-
pose to let any threats stop it. If he had
all his material here he would have a gang
of rack-layers on every street on the route.
The road. Mr. Smart said, is a public
necessity, a long felt want, as it were. The
people want it. Everybody except the four
or five gentlemen who own the stock of the
old company, favors the enterprise, and the
road will be pushed on until it is completed
according to the privileges granted by the
State and the city, or the last Court of APP
peals decides against it, if that shall ever
OcpIir
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-12-09
CRUSHED ON THE RAILS.
A CoLORED DRIVER RUN OVER
AND KILLED.

Sam Bush Attempts to Cross a Track
at the Ocean Steamship Wharves,
and is Caught by a Passing Train
His Feet Ground Off and His Body
Crushed-Death from His Own Care
lassness.
Sam Bush, colored driver for F. A. Ex-
ley, was run over by a Central railroad
train at the Ocean Steamship wharves yes
tsrday morning and fatally injured.
Bush was in a high-boxed wagon used for
hauling rice chaff, and was driving team
of mules. He and a number of other
drivers had just crossed the River street
canal bridge going toward the wharves.
A section of a freight train was backing out
from the grain elevator oward the cotton
warehouses. Most of the drivers
stopped, but Bush whipped up
his mules and attempted to cross the
track in front of the train. He had gotten
partly across when the train struck his
wagon, completely demolishing it.
Bush WIS thrown under the forward car
and was dragged some distance before the
engineer could be signaled tostop. A brake
man who was inside Of the car saw the
mules from UnG car door ana stopped Jle
train as soon as he could.
Bush was found under the car begrimed
with dirt and blood. His right leg below
the knee was crushed into a jelly
and his left foot from the ankle
was pulpy mass. His right hand
was torn and his body was covered with
bruises. He was pulled out away from the
track, and as soon as possible City Physi-
clan Boyd was brought. An ambulance
was summoned and the injured man was re-
moved to the Georgia Infirmary, where he
died in short time from loss of blood.
Coroner Dixon held an inquest in the after
noon, and after hearing the testimony of
several witnesses the jury rendered a YER
dict of accidental killing.
"Bony" McGrath, a driver for Weed &,
Co., had stopped MS team and was wait
ing for the train to pass when Bush
drove up and he called to him to stop, but
instead of needing the warning Bush struck
his mules and drove in front of the train.
Henry Maxwell was sitting on a fence near
by, and saw the accident. His testimony
was corroborative of that given by Nc
Grath.
Bush met his death through his own reck-
lessness He was well advanced in years.
and had a family living on the Vale Royal
plantation.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-12-09
OVER IN CHARLESTON.
What is Going On in South Cardinals
Metropolis City.

What is Going On in South Cardinals
Metropolis City.
The Charleston recruiting station is send
ing off recruits almost daily to fill IN the
gaps in Uncle Sans army.
The Charleston Library building is to be
remodeled and improved. The Charleston
Library is an institution which has in past
days been one of which the city has been
proud.
Col. A. M. Haywood, of Brunswick, who
has been appointed to institute Palmetto
Division of the Uniform Rank of the
Knights of Pythias in Charleston, will
institute the Division tonight.
Earle Sloan, of the United States geolog-
ical bureau, is at Ladsdons station near
Charleston making examinations once more
concerning the effects of the earthquake,
with view to more thorough investiga-
tion of the matter, and in order to throw
all additional light possible on the examine
lions heretofore made. This spot is sup
posed to have been very near the epicen-
trum of the disturbance. and the Govern
ment is anxious, before publishing full re-
port, to study still more closely the present
condition of the earth in that vicinity.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-12-09
THROUGH THE CITY.
Items Gathered Here and There by the
News Reporters.

News Reporters.
Judge Adams yesterday renewed the COM
mission of Lucius A. Wakeman.
There was only one arrest yesterday, and
that was for disorderly conduct.
The MORNING NEWS reportorial depart
ment received a handsome lunch last night
with the compliments of the Savannah Turn
Verein.
The Jasper Mutual Loan Association will
hold its seventy-second monthly meeting at
the Secretary's office, No. lis Bryan street,
tonight.
1t is about time for those interested in re-
claiming the old cemetery to be organizing
for the election which is to decide what shall
be done with it.
The United Hydraulic Cotton Press Com
pany will hold its annual meeting at the
Savannah Cotton Press Association office on
Friday, Dec 16.
Alfred Green (colored) was arrested last
night on the charge of stealing boat from
I. w. Shekells. Green was found in DOS
session of the boat, and Shekells identified
it as his
election under the ''fencen or ''no fence'
law! Thousands of acres of splendid farm
ing lands in this county are uncultivated be-
cause of the fence law.
Among those who inspected the new Jail
yesterday were several colored women, who
appeared much pleased with the quarters
for the women. One of them remarked that
she didn't care now how much they put her
in jail"
Mr.. Frank Lamar has been appointed
United States Commissioner, and yesterday
his first case came before him. It was that
of +. W. Wilcox. who is charged with sell
InnOr n cta
bought his saloon from John fmmen and
thought he could run it under Immens
stamp until that expired, but he found he
could not. He was bound over under a
bond in the sum of 500 to appear before
the United States Court.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-12-09

Is the rule of the Famous" northeast cor
ner Congress and Whitaker streets. We
hold out no inducements in one article we
sell, and then charge more on another to
make up. Positively every purchase
made of us is a bargain, whether it is in
Clothing, Gentlemen's Furnishing Goods,
Hats, Trunks or Umbrellas. How can we
do so! Plain enough. Two of the firm are
constantly on the lookout in New York for
goods in our line, with the ready cash, buy
ing only at the lowest prices, manufacture
ing all the clothing there, thereby saving
to our patrons the retailers profit, which is
at least So 80 to So 90 on suit or overcoat
Beside that, it enables us to have our cloth
ing made up and trimmed better than ordi-
narlly done by manufacturers. as we make
them up for our own sale, and strive to have
our customers pleased, not only when they
purchase, but also in the wearing of the
garment. We are thankful for the patron
age received, and can thank ourselves for
receiving so much of it, by giving the good
quality of Clothing fer such low prices
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-12-09

The English allude to them as ''top coats. ="
WE call them Overcoats. Itamounts to about
the same thing, however, and in this ''cold
wave" season it is simply case of ''the rose
smelling as sweetly under any other name
We have sold lots of Overcoats during the
past week, but the piles don't seem TO shrink
bit. We gave every buyer his good
moneys worth, and something over, too.
You need never feel ashamed of any of our
Coats, whether the finest Satin-lined or the
ordinary substantial plain Coat Every
single one carries an air of responsibility
with it. The prices possibly have some
thing to do with the demand. We are not
greedy. A uery small profit suits us. An
Overcoat soId is worth dozen left ouer TO
as. They've got to go in their o,0n season.
Don't think of buying an overcoat without
seeing us. You might regret it, Plenty of
nice Underwear, Hose, correct shapes in
Hats, etc. Our line of select suits for Gents,
Youths and Boys holds its own, and with
some extra "holiday suits" added. The Big
Golden Arm, 159 Broughton street, is the
beacon you should steer toward.
SIMON MITCHELL.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-12-09
GONE WITH HIS FIRMS CASH.
Emil M. Oppenheim Goes Out On the
Road ana Fails to show Up.

Emil M. Oppenheim Goes Out On the
Road ana Fails to Show Up.
Following close upon the disappearance of
Julius Maccaw comes the story of Emil M,
Oppenheims failure to show up. Open
helm was a travelling salesman for NJ
Boley & Son, furniture dealers at Brough-
ton and Jefferson streets. He went out on
the road some time ago and has not been
heard from since. He did not send in any
reports, and the firm began to suspect that
something was wrong.
Inquiries were sent out but Oppenheim
could not be located. He collected in q
large amount of money due the firm by
country firms, and is supposed to have
skipped with it. Mr.. Boley said last night
that Oppenheim's shortage is already be-
tween $500 and 5000, and returns are COM
ing in every day in reference to statements
which the firm has sent out.
Oppenheim is well known among travel
ing men, and in the city. He was formerly
a clerk with S. K. Levin, and until now
has borne a good name
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-12-09
In the Way of Holiday Gifts


The individual who could successfully COM
pile cyclopedie of holiday presents pecu
liarly appropriate to any and every indi-
vidual idea would be a providential bene-
factor to the human race, which annually
puzzles its head over this subject. A SOU
venir should be something of intrinsic value
or merit, as it is an evidence of love- affec-
ton or esteem, and holiday buyers will find
in our establishment hundreds of fitting
objects and articles, and at prices suited to
the scantest or most plethOric purse. We
mention some few articles-our immense
catalogue scarce covering oil: Ladies and
Gents Toilet Sets i'll oxydized silver, some
thing new; beautiful line of Lemaire's
Opera Glasses, Gold-headed Umbrellas, a
superb line of Ladies' Gold Watches, every
variety and style of Ladies' Jewelry, an ex-
traordinary line of Diamond Jewelry,
Chains, Lockets, Lace Pins, Rings, Gents
Gold and Silver Watches, Chains, Charms,
and Rings, Diamond Studs, Collar Buttons,
Sleeve Buttons, ETC., exquisite Bronze and
Statuary, royal display of plated and
solid sterling Silverware, Clocks, Vases, etc
AS the rattle list for the splendid Diamond
Necklace is rapidly fllingslp, those DESTROYS
of chances, or of inspecting it before it is
disposed of, should call early. We can
duplicate New York prices, and nowhere in
this country can there be found better
selected or more varied stock. Engraving
carefully and well executed. The Jewelry
Palace of the South.
157 Broughton street,
M STERNRERG
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-12-09
FIREWORKS IN FEBRUARY.

The Jasper Monument Celebration
Committee Meets.
The Fireworks and Amusement Commit
tee of the Jasper celebration met last night,
and the gathering was large and enthusiast
tic. The fireworks, torchlight procession,
the regatta and the gun club contest were
discussed, and approximate figures as to the
amount the committee will require for its
part of the show were arrived at. The COM
mittee does not want its figuring placed be-
fore the public in advance of the meeting of
the General Committee, hut it is sufficient to
say that if the committee gets what it pro-
poses to ask for the Jasper monument cele-
bration will come in and go out in blaze of
glory and-fireMOrkS.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-12-09
THE REsoLUTgs TROUBLES.
The Vessel Attached by Her Agents
Just as She is Ready to Sail

The Vessel Alta hed by Her Agents
just as She is Ready to Sail.
The British steamship Resolute, which has
been the cause of so much interest since she
has been in this port, has her dry cargo on
board and has cleared for Liverpool. Her
troubles were. not over, however, for
Strachan & Co., who were her agents, have
taken out attachments before Justice No
lima against her for custody and other COM
missions. The attachments, which amount
to nearly S., 900, were duly served on Capt.
Reavely. Bond to the amount of $4,000 was
given and the vessel was released. The
case will not come up for some time, how
ever, and in the meantime Capt. Reavely
wants 10 leave, so the attorneys are taking
his deposition. They were busy with it all
day yesterday and are not through yet 1t
will be good sized book when it is finished.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-12-09
OFFICERS FOR NEXT YEAR.

Georgia Chapter Royal Arch Masons
Holds it's Annual Election.
At the Annual Convocation of Georgia
Chapter No. 8, Royal Arch Masons, on
Wednesday night, the following officers
were elected and appointed:
H. P.-Thomas Ballantyne.
K.-J. S. Haines.
81. H. Cavanaugh.
Treasurer-R p. Lowell.
Recorder-P. H. Ward.
Organist--M. Stewart.
C nc. A. Drayton.
2. SD. Brady.
r. A. C-R G. Kennedy.
NJ. Sd VII. Bartlett.
NJ. Cd VIC. F. Law.
NJ 1st VI. G. Postell
Chaplain-Rev. C. H. Strong.
Sentinel-C. G.. Anderson.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-12-09

Hon. Don A, Pardee, United States Cir
cult Judge, will be in Savannah Monday
next for the purpose of hearing appeal and
equity cases.
Maj. H. M. Funston, of the Detwiller g.
Street Fireworks Manufacturing Company,
New York, arrived yestel day for the pur-
pose of attending the meeting Of the Com
mittee on Fireworks for the Jasper monu-
ment celebration. He will remain in the city
until tomorrow. Maj. Funston had charge
of the display in this city at the Chatham
centennial and also the displays recently
made at Atlanta. Macon and Charleston.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-12-09
Lowell g. Lattimore's Selection.

The attention of strangers and citizens
generally is invited to the large and sub
stantial quantity of Hardware, Stoves and
Ranges, House Furnishing Goods, Tinware,
etc, together with all the necessaries at
tending such lines of trade, at Messrs. Low
ell 81 Lattimore's establishment, one Of the
old reliable institutions OF Savannah. They
are always counted on to have everything
leading and important in their business,
nothing of the trash and useless order is
ever seen with them. Parties wanting first
class articles cheap never fail to be well
suited there, 155 and 157 Congress street.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-12-09
Plush Goods.

Brush and Comb Sets at from 75c. to SIS;
Manicure Sets SOC. to S12; Combination
Sets of Brushes and Combs, Manicure and
Jewel cas- s, at from So 80 TO $50; Work
Boxes 6Oc. to $40; Game Sets 81 so, 50, SO.
Salad Sets, Portfolios, Music Folios, AL
buns, Stationery Cases, Autograph AL
buns, Shaving Sets, Mirrors, and thousands
of other beautiful and useful holiday pre-
sents, at New York prices, at L. & B. S.
M II
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-12-09
SOlOmonS & Co.

This drug house has been widely known
to the people of Savannah and South Geor-
gla, for a full half century. The gentlemen
composing it are reliable and Trustworthy
in all respects, and they handle nothing but
pure and first-claSs goods. covering every
article appertaining to a complete and we'll
appointed drug establishment. They are
now offering to the public tasty and mag
nifcent line of pretty things suitable for
Christmas presents. For specialties and de-
tails read their advertisement.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-12-09
The Turner's in Masks.

The masquerade ball by the Savannah
Turn-Verein last night was fairly well at
tended. There were no prizes, it being the
annual bal masque of the verein. The regu-
lar prize masquerade will take place in
January. There was very little to be seen
of fancy costumes and the majority were of
the grotesque order. An elegant supper
was served at midnight and dancing was
kept up until the early hours of morning.
Geck's Orchestra and the Union Cornet
Brass Band furnished the music.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-12-09
"Evangeline" the Rest of the Week

GNonS6lluo bll0 IbCSO Ol Ullo w JOCK.
Rice's "Evangeline" will hold the boards
the rest of the week. The company has
been playing with great success at the St.
Charles Theatre in New Orleans, and the
press of that city speaks in the highest
terms of the company and the performance
generally. "Evangeline" probably contains
more unique characters than any perform
ance now before the public. It is replete
with pretty music and bright stage pictures.
OF the latter, THE Grand March of the
Amazons" and the dance, "The Wedding
Minuet," are the most prominent,
and are said to be brilliantly eff
fective. 1t was in "EVangeline"
that "Adonis Dixey" first attained his
notoriety as the hind-legs of the heifer.
There are host of pretty chorus girls in
the presentation, not excepting "Evange
line" and Gabriel who are always stars
for form, voice and daintiness. The Gap
tain Dietrich" of Barney Reynolds is usually
a splendid piece of dialect work, and his
makeup of Ben Butler has always been re-
markedly true. Sherman Wade as the
Irish policeman provokes shouts of laughter
whenever he appears. George Fortescue as
the Majestic Catherine is considered one of
the first female impersonators on the stage,
and w. II. Mack as the quaint Lone Fisher
man is one of the few actors who can win
applause without opening his mouth.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-12-09
A Fierce Fight.

That is what the game last night between
Messrs. Brown and Lamotte proved to be
until the same resulted finally in favor of
Mr.. Brown. The afternoon game was easily
won by Mr.. Wilson. This afternoon Messrs.
Griswold and Herbert will play, and this
evening Messrs. Neidlinger and Lamotte.
Fine playing is sure to occur, and to see it
is well worth the small sum of 10c, which
Messrs. Chas. Kolshorn 81 Bro. charge for
admission
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-12-09
GIVEN A GoLD-HEADED CANE.
General Passenger Agent Charlton Re


General Passenger Agent Charlton Re-
membered by His Former Employees.
E. T. Charlton, formerly General Passen-
ger and Freight Agent of the Port Royal
and Western Carolina railway, but now
General Passenger Agent of the Central,
was the recipient a day or two ago of a
very handsome gold-headed cane from the
ticket agents of the Carolina road. The
cane was brought to Savannah by Capt.
J. w. Black, of Augusta, who was especially
appointed by the agents to present the SOU
venir of friendship and love for their former
general passenger agent. On oneside is the
inscription:
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-12-09
RIVER AND HARBOR NOTES.
Happenings Among the Shipping and
Along the Wharves.

Along the Wharves.
The st amtug B. w. Morse arrived in
Tybee roads yesterday from Norfolk. She
will take the schooner Carrie A. Lane in
tow to-day for New York
The Italian bark Adele was cleared yes
terday by Messrs. A. r. Salas g. Co. for
Genoa with 2, 7S4 barrels of rosin, weighing
1,244, S75 pounds, valued at $4,000. Cargo
by Messrs. S. p. Shooter a. Co.
Messrs Hoist & Co. cleared Yesterday the
British bark Boroma for Liverpool with
2.647 bales of upland cotton, weighing
1870, 6l9pounds, valued at 1926, $50, and 501
barrels Of rosin, weighing 226, 465 pounds,
valued at Sl,746 50, and 1876 white oal;
slaves, valued at $500; total valuation of
cargo S129, 102 so.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-12-09
The Independent Church Pulpit.

Rev. DR.. Woods, of Columbia, S. c., will
preach In the Independent Presbyterian
church next Sunday, and the Rev. DIR.
Pratt, Of Memphis, Tenn, for three consec.
utive Sundays thereafter.
DIR. Woods preached ON several occasions
in the First Presbyterian church last spring,
to large congregations. He is an eloquent
pulpit orator, and is well known through
out the South as a sound theologian.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-12-09
DR.. Shepherd on Historical Study.

President Henry E. Shepherd, of Charles
ton College, who has been lecturing at
Oglethorpe Seminary, delivered his lecture
on ''The present state of historical study in
Europe and America" before a highly intel
ligent audience at Hodgson Hall last night.
The lecture was under the auspices of the
Georgia Historical Society, and was well
attended 1t was a scholarly effort, and
was listened to with the closest attention by
the audience
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-12-09

At the Harnett House, Savannah, Ga,
you get all the comforts Of the high-priced
no els, and save from 81 to 81 per day. Try
1t and be convinced.-Boston Home Jour
nal
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-12-09
Billy Taylor Back South.

Billy Taylor, the phenomenal base ball
player of the Athletics, has come to Savan-
nah to spend the winter. He will be the
manager of the Brunswick saloon.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-12-09
Water Color Pictures.

Two exquisite water color paintings, by
Charles and Townley Green, noted English
artists. Figure subjects; will be sold at
great bargain. i. q b. S. M. II.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-12-09
E. 7. CHARLTON.
On the other side is:
From Patten, Currier, Davis, Anderson
and Smith,
Agents P. r. & W. c. R'y.
1887.

Capt. Black, in presenting the cane, said
he was authorized to say for his representa-
tives that it is but a small token to show
their respect for their late employer, and
wished that his railroad career may be as
bright in the future as it has been in the